Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Text of the Easter Island Tablet: Eaha To Ran Ariiki Kete

(Plates XL and XLI.)

1. Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E tupu tomo a mata mea e rangi ran e tuatea to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato mani rata karata te tuatea, karata te rangi ran karata te tupuna.
2. Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E ura e poopoo e koiro e nohoe e to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane, rato mani rata karata, to ura ki kara te poopoo e nehe e riku e kava-kava atu.
3. Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E nehe e riku e kava atua to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato mani rata karata to nehe karata riku karata rain kava atua.
4. Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E a hao nei e kahi e atu e ature.
Ane rato mani rata karata to kahi kaharta ahi rarata te ature ane rato.
5. Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E ufi e tra e kumaro to ran ariiki mahua i ata nei.
Ane rato karata to ufi kumara toa e mahua i uta nei, ane rato maru.
6. Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E honu e kea e pane to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato karata to honu to kea to pane.
7. Eaha to rau ariiki kete mahua i uta nei
E hetu e range e han e na e raa e mahua to ran ariiki kete mahua i irunga nei.
Ane rato karata te rangi e hon e na e, raa e mahua.
8. Eaha te ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E anuga nei karata to hehun rangi han na raa mahua.
Ane rato karata te hehuu rangi han na raa mahua.
9. Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E ariiki e tapairu to ran ariiki kete i mahua i mua nei.
Ane rato karata to ariiki te tapairu.
10. Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E oi e potupotu e ugarara e hata to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato karata main rata e oi e potupotu e ugarara e hata to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF TABLET.

EASTER ISLAND ANTHEM.